Reference Management

WANGLAB Research Training Series

Dr. Yong Wang

WANGLAB @ PHYS @ UARK

Version 2023.07

What is reference management?

Collecting reference information and downloading PDF files…
Reading and annotating references (highlighting, making notes/comments)
Citing/using references in manuscripts/proposals

Why is (smart) reference management important?

Reading and writing scholarly papers is key for the success of graduate students, researchers, scientists, …
Reference management could be tedious and time consuming (if not doing it smartly)

Solution: Use a reliable reference manager!

Reference Managers

Brief Comparison

What do we use in WANGLAB?

https://www.zotero.org/

Demo: collecting references

Zotero Connector

Demo: reading/annotating

Demo: citing in Word

Zotero Word Plugin

Demo: citing in Markdown/LaTeX (VS Code)

Zotero Citation Picker

Demo: citing in Markdown/LaTeX (RStudio)

RStudio

Demo: citing in Markdown/LaTeX (Other)

Zotero Better Bibtex Extension